August 31, 2013

I combined one storey of a District 5 Apartment with the L-Shaped Building to create this structure that will take up a good chunk of table.

I used the same color scheme as the last guard tower.

You may have heard talk about people "Sealing" their MDF terrain before painting. If you look closely at the pictures, you can see why you may need to. The fiber board is extraordinarily "thirsty," and just soaks in paint - plus, it gets fuzzy. I thought a triple primer layer would be sealing enough... but perhaps I'll try sealing it with some hairspray before I prime.

August 26, 2013

Well, GenCon has come and gone and I am slowly recovering. Not the normal recovery of voice and exhaustion, but the recovery of standing on solid concrete for ten hours a day for four days straight...

So while the trip to Indianapolis was definitely a lot more work than it was pleasure, I am now able to get back into prepping for our DuelCon tournaments.

Harry from Warmill has come through for the Infinity events at DuelCon in a BIG way. Not only did he offer me a wholesale discount so that I could populate a table with his terrain, he included more prize support than any other company we've asked to date.

I've started last-minute construction of the terrain I purchased:

I still have three sets left to build, which I will tackle tonight. But look at all the awesome stuff they sent in to give away as prizes!!

I don't know how much that costs in retail, but I'm pretty sure it's like a million dollars.

They also sent these - and I can't even find them on their web site for sale! Are they, perhaps, some super-secret preview product only available at DuelCon?!? All I know is... they're awesome!

As far as assembly - These Warmill buildings slot together SO much more smoothly than their MAS counterparts. Anyone who has built an MAS building knows that you wake up with a raging case of "Nintendo Thumbs" the next morning. With these, they have shaved off whatever fraction of a millimeter that they needed to to make them fit together easily. Sure, you have to glue them - but I was gluing the Micro Art stuff anyway! These went together like a DREAM. And they have comprehensible instructions. Imagine that.

The little traffic barriers are pretty cool. They transform! When opened like in the first picture, they presumably stop traffic and provide cover. But when the local planetary militia needs to move them elsewhere, they collapse into a flat pack that can be carried. And the models actually DO THAT. Neat stuff.

Their sense of humor is remarkable, too. The FoodBooth model that I chose was the "Dolphin Shack." Intelligent... and Delicious! Lots of jokes on the acrylic menu signs. Good stuff. Lots of character from their whole range.

August 13, 2013

For the Black, over Black Primer I airbrushed P3 Coal Black. To that, I mixed in P3 Exile Blue. To that mix, I added in P3 Underbelly Blue for two more highlights. Shadows added in with P3 Sanguine Base and P3 Thamar Black. I then (very quickly and messily) lined with that final highlight color.

Light bits were hurriedly sketched in with white, then Ghost Tinted with Plasma Fluid, Blue, Yellow and Green.

Like Space Marines? Well, they are the next codex coming for Warhammer 40,000 and the guys at 40K Radio have a PDF copy - so all of their rumors are true. Check out their Facebook Page for all the juicy bits.

It was so awesome, in fact, that we just HAD to make T-Shirts of it. Working with a local screen printer, we are able to offer these T-Shirts for $15 apiece ($18 for double and triple XL). $6 US/Canada Shipping, and $12 International. They'll be available in Red or standard gamer Black.

You can send payments via PayPal to TSchadle@gmail.com Just make sure to include your Name, Mailing Address, Shirt Size and Color Preference in the notes.

We need to get 36 or more orders to make them, though. We have about 25 so far. If you'd like one - do it now! We're only doing a single print run. If you know someone you think might dig it - by all means, let them know!

Our original order deadline was this Sunday, August 11 - but if we don't get enough, we'll hang on to hope one more week and see what we have when we get back from GenCon. If we don't hit 36, any orders will get immediately refunded.